Civil War Letter from Captain William M. McArthur to Arthur McArthur, Sr., 1863 March 8
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In this letter from Captain William M. McArthur of the 8th Regiment, Maine Volunteers, to his father, Arthur McArthur, Sr., MacArthur describes his regiment's overall health as it readies itself for a march to Jacksonville, Florida. MacArthur, a Mason, writes of the Grand Lodge of South Carolina's decision to grant a dispensation to the Masons of the 48th Regiment, New York Volunteers, at Fort Pulaski to open a lodge. McArthur also recounts the story of a chaplain from the 9th Regiment, Maine Volunteers, whose brother-in-law had been cared for by Masons from the 6th Regiment, Louisiana Volunteers, after the first Battle of Bull Run. Dated March 8, 1863.
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